‘Game Of Thrones’ Finale: Director On Season Five’s Shocking End & Season Six Impact

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of tonight’s Game Of Thrones Season 5 finale.

The blockbuster HBO series has never shy about depicting death, sex, betrayal and blood but this season may have reached new highs in all those categories. Despite the leaking of the first four episodes online before the April 12 season debut, Game Of Thrones also hit a new series high this year with 7.99 million viewers watching the premiere. That first “The Wars To Come” episode saw the death of the Ciarán Hinds portrayed Mance Rayder at the hands of Jon Snow, played by Kit Harington and set the tone for Season 5 perfectly and mercilessly.

Drawing on portions of George R. R. Martin’s A Feast For Crows and A Dance With Dragons books from his A Song Of Ice And Fire series plus parts of the A Storm Of Swords novel, showrunners David Benioff and